Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Smith v. Jones 34 Va. 165 1836 1 Virginia
Yerby v. Grigsby 36 Va. 142 1838 1 Virginia
Walraven v. Lock 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 547 1857 1 Virginia
Hudnall v. Paine 39 Fla. 67 1897 1 Florida
Dillon v. Mizell 66 Fla. 425 1913 1 Florida
Bagwell v. Elliott 23 Va. 190 1824 1 Virginia
Robinsons v. Allen 52 Va. 785 1854 1 Virginia
Adams v. Lansing 17 Cal. 629 1861 1 California
Norvell v. Lessueur 74 Va. 222 1880 1 Virginia
Howard v. Corey 126 Ala. 283 1899 1 Alabama
Thrasher v. Ballard 33 W. Va. 285 1889 1 West Virginia
William James' Sons Co. v. Crouch 72 W. Va. 794 1913 1 West Virginia
Cowan v. Cowan 133 W. Va. 115 1949 1 West Virginia
Lithgow v. Commonwealth 4 Va. 297 1822 1 Virginia
State v. Schnelle 24 W. Va. 767 1884 1 West Virginia
Grayson v. Commonwealth 48 Va. 613 1850 1 Virginia
People v. Morrison 1 Park. Crim. Rep. 625 1854 1 New York
Blosser v. Harshbarger 62 Va. 214 1871 1 Virginia
Smith v. Commonwealth 62 Va. 809 1871 1 Virginia
Pryor v. Commonwealth 68 Va. 1009 1876 1 Virginia